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Revolutionary War Pension Application File
Mathew Shuck - as indexed
Mathias Shuck - affidavit / alternately indexed
File: S14436
Application 3 December 1832
Certificate of Pension 29 March 1833
Amount: $20.00 per anum
Arrears to 4th March 1833 (two years, $40.00)
Following transcription of Affidavit and Court Record
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State of Kentucky - Henry County ???
On this 3rd day of Decmber 1932, personally appeared
on open couty, now sitting, before the Justices of the Henry
County court, now holding court in the said county of
Henry and state of Kentucky _ it being a court of record
Mathias Shuck, a resident of the county of Henry
and state of Kentucky, aged seventy three years
who being first duly
sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of
the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832_
That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers + service as herein
stated - towit _ under Captain Jacob Linder - That he
was drafted for six months as a private in
the Virginia militia _ That he served the six months
for which he was drafted as a private aforesaid and
a few days over the six months but claims the pension
only for the six months _ That he entered the service and
joined the army at Little York on the 16th day of October
1781 _ just before Cornwallis surrender _ That he was
at the taking of Cornwallis _ Genl Washington commanded
+ Genl Lincoln _ The Frenchmen Rochambeau + DeGrassi
men who then commanding _ That from old age + loss of
memory he does not recollect the name of the Col. or the
number of the Regement in which he served _
That after the surrender of Cornwallis, he continued in the army
+ was one of the guard of the British Prisoners up to some
Barrak were ????? in Virginia _ Capt. Linder was
with us at the Barrak That he does not recollect the name
of the ???? officers.
That he can ??????? at the Barrak guarding guarding the prisoners
until the last of April 1782 when he was discharged in
writing but has long since lost his discharge by Capt Linder
That from old age + the consequent loss of memory he does
not recollect the day of the month on which he was
discharged but he well recollects that it was the 16
day of October that he entered the service + that he
was drafted for six months + that he served six months
+ some few days, not more than ten days _ That he was
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discharged in the month of April 1782 by Capt. Linder
That when he entered the service as afd [aforesaid] he resided in
the county of Berkley in the State of Virginia, that he
was born [crossed out: "on the day of "] in the year 1759 -
but does not know [crossed out "recollect"] the month _ That his farther had
a record of his age as he has been informed, but he never
saw it + has none himself _ he has always understood from his
relations that he was born in 1759 _ That he was Born in
the state of New Jersey _ + in the year 1760 _ went to Virginia _
That after the revolutionary was was over he removed
to the state of Kentucky, then a county of Virginia _ where he has
lived ever since + principally in the county of Henry
where he now lives
That he is well Know in his present neighborhood to
John Jones + Nicholas Smith
who can testify to his character for veracity + ???? they
believe that he served as a soldier of the
Revolution, as above stated _
That he has now no documentary evidence of his
service and that he Knows of no person whose testimony
he can procure _ by whom he can prove his services
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except in present and declares that his name
is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any
state _
his
Mathias + Shuck
mark
We John Jones a Clergy man, residing in the county
of Henry State of Kentucky + Nicholas Smith residing
in the same place hereby certify that we are as well
acquainted with Mathias Shuck who has subscribed
+ sworn to the above declaration _ That we believe
him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reputed
+ believed in the neighborhood, where he resides to
have been a soldier of the revolution + that we
concur in that opinion _ sworn to + subscribed
the day ____ afd [aforesaid]
John Jones [signed]
Nicholas Smith [signed]
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State of Kentucky
Henry County December Term 1832
December 3rd
On this 3rd day of December 1832 came hereinto Couty
(being a court of record) Mathias Shuck and produced and filed
hereinto Court his declaration for a pension under the act of
Congress 1832 to which he was sworn and the Coury hereby
aslave their opinion after the investigation proscribed
by the was department that the above named applicant
was a revolutionary Soldier and Served as he stated. And
the Court further certifies that it appears to them
that John Jones who has Signed the preceding certificate
is a clergyman resident of the County of Henry and
that Nicholas Smith who has also signed the Same is a
credible person and a resident of Said County and
their Statement is entitled to credit.
J Edmund P. Thomas clerk of the COurt
of Henry County do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings in the matter of the
application of Mathias Shuck for a pension
In Testimony whereof I
have hereinto set my hand
and Seal of Office this 5
day of December 1832 +
in the 41d year of the
Commonwealth
Edmund Thomas [signature]
[written 90 degree offset]
Mathias Shuck
[Rectangular seal]
from 1781 private
6 months / 20
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Transcribed 11 September 2007 by Neal Underwood, 4th great-grandson
of Mathias Shuck.
Transcriber's notes:
- Copy clear and handwriting readable except for just a few words,
indicated by question marks.
- The underscores (_) are as present in the actual text,
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